“Enough with the prohibitions and penalties. Go ahead with common sense and with the definition of a more flexible timetable, which responds to the real faunal and environmental needs of our territories ". The Councilor of the League, Massimiliano Pompignoli, a few weeks after the resolution of new regional hunting calendar, asks that with respect to some prescriptions, the council of viale Aldo Moro "take a step back and welcome once and for all solicitations of hunters". “I refer first of all to the provisions on woodcock. It is absurd that the collection continues to be limited to the second ten days of January and the closure at the end of the month is not extended, as confirmed by various scientific studies. For too many seasons this council has put gods stakes hunting for this species, referring to the opinion of Ispra which we all know is not binding for the purpose of adopting a timetable.
After the rejection in the Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, the absurd amendment by Liberi e Uguali which aimed to make Ispra's opinion binding, there are no more excuses. The Government, for the first time and with courage, made it clear the purely consultative nature of the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research which, in no way, must stand as a legitimizing body for the political decisions of some Regions, mostly taken on the basis of the intimidation of the anti-hunt acronyms ". For Pompignoli, moreover, there is no more time to waste even on the ungulate front whose management regulations are to be reviewed: "the exponential growth of specimens of this species, throughout the region, has recorded a significant increased damage agricultural production and the number of road accidents.
It is clear at this point that it is not enough to intervene on the indemnity front, increasing the resources linked to compensation for damage, but it is necessary to act upstream, to curb its proliferation, improving the collection methods and making the collective techniques of turn and hunt. " “This Region” - concludes the Lega councilor - “must arm itself with courage and recognize the prestigious role of hunting which is tradition and culture but also enhancement of the territory, protection of biodiversity and conservation of the wildlife balance. The hunting activity involves dozens and dozens of people throughout the Region. Each of these lends its time and activity for the direct management of mountain, rural and protected areas. And it does so voluntarily, in the interest of the balance of fauna and the ecosystem it helps to protect. "